GNU bug report logs - #4941
hexl mode update

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org>

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:50:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 24.2

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #33 received at 4941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek <at> etla.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 4941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4941: hexl mode update (variable word size in hexl mode)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:39:51 +0100 (BST)

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
> `-mode' functions don't usually take additional arguments to control
> setup, so I think having a defcustom here is fine.  I've applied your
> patch to the Emacs trunk.

As I noted earlier, a user found a bug in the display code when
editing files in hexl - the hex portion of the display would get
scrambled when the word size was <> 16 bits.

The attached patch should fix that problem.

[hexl-editing.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 101 days ago.

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